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Strange Encounters, 2001, Oil on Canvas, 35.5x35.5 |
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Inside, 2003, Bronze, 4x4.4x20.8 |
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Net, Oil, Acryllic on Canvas, 72x55 |
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Passage, 2001, oil on canvas, 45.7x45.7 |
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Sunwalk, Oil, Acryllic on Canvas, 72x55 |
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Untitled, Oil, Acryllic on Canvas, 72x55 |
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Web, Bronze, Brass, 4x12x16 |
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- Born in 1952 in Armenia. Citizen of Canada, he lives and works in Montreal.
Education
- 1971 - 1977 Academy of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Russia
- 1968 - 1971 Fine Arts College Yerevan, Armenia
Selection expos solo
- 2001 Han Art Montreal, Canada
- 1999 Gallery Alma Boston, MA USA
- 1997 Tour de la Bourse Montreal, Canada
- 1997 The TPM art Gallery Toronto, Canada
- 1996 A.G.B.U.Toronto, Canada
- 1995 A&M Manougian Museum Detroit, MI USA
- 1995 Bank of Montreal Montreal, Canada
- 1992 Gallery Simon Blais Montreal, Canada
- 1990 Hamazkian Armenian Montreal, Canada Culture Association
- 1989 Hamazkian Art Gallery Toronto, Canada
- 1989 Tekeyian Armenian Montreal, Canada Culture Association
- 1988 Gallery Altinian-Laing Montreal, Canada
Collection
- Westfield State College Foundation Westfield, Mass USA
- Elliot Lake Center, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Nortel, Canada
- Ottawa, Canada
- A&M Manougian Museum, Detroit, MI USA
- Art Place Krakow, Poland
- Tama Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- Tolchinsky & Goodz Architects, Montreal, Canada
- Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
Selection Expos Collectives
- 2000 Han Art / Hotel Omni, Montreal, Canada "Together in 2000"
- 1999 Han Art "Portrait", Montreal, Canada
- 1998 Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 1997 Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 1996 A.G.B.U., Montreal, Canada
- 1996 Han Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
- 1995 Tokyo International Mini-Print, Tokyo, Japan
- Triennial International Prints, Kochi, Japan
- Competition Consument Art, Nuremburg, Germany
- Contemporary Quebec Artists, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada
- 1994 International Triennial Competition, Osaka, Japan
- Maison de la Culture Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, Canada
- International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
- 1993 Gallery Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
- Montreal '93 Print Fair, Montreal, Canada
- Contemporary Art Exhibition, Centre Constantin Brancusi, Montreal, Canada
- 1992 International Contemporary Art Fair ELAAC, Montreal, Canada
- Sapporo International Print Biannual, Sapporo, Japan
- Gallery Simon Blais, Montreal, Canada
- 1979-86 Exhibition in Europe
In his paintings, Garen Bedrossian links the structure of the abstract with the flow of the figurative. Seen from a distance, the works show roughly executed surfaces, in blacks, browns, gray and off-whites, all emotionally charged. Upon approaching the paintings, one perceives a personage in an indeterminate position. Is he hiding behind these colored curtains, or is he attempting to slip between them towards the light? It is left to the viewer to identify with the personage and to read his intensions. On account of this projection of uncertainly, it may perhaps be said that Garen's paintings assume an interactive role.
Garen Bedrossian's paintings are decidedly expressionistic. They achieve an added dimension by way of their intellectual content. Powerful gestural outbursts are tempered by the artist's humanists approach to his subjects. The impression of doubt the works convey carries with it an indication of truth. This truth in turn provides a varnish of feeling. Since graduating in 1977 from the Academy of fine Arts at Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, the painter has had a long and fruitful career. His works have been exhibited in the United States, Japan, Germany, Poland and many times in Canada.
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